As part of London College of Communication’s ongoing support to our cultural neighbours, we’re featuring a weekly round-up of some of the online activities and content provided by the fantastic museums, galleries and cultural venues in our local area.
From Instagram drawing clubs to virtual exhibitions, artist profiles, video demonstrations, film screenings, performances and more, here’s our guide to what you can get involved in with our Southwark and Lambeth friends and partners – all from the comfort of your own home.
16 June – 4 July, 8.30pm - 12.30am
"You are invited to vocalise your inner frustrations and power a large-scale light installation.
“Join a Zoom call and watch your outburst illuminate a four-storey office building.”
Find out about Scream the house down.
“Southwark Stayhouse continue to steam exclusive online video content for free.
“Films include ‘Bound’ which follows the fortunes of six trawlermen from Devon as they embark on one final voyage and ‘Wasted’, a new rock musical we did about the Brontë siblings in 2018.”
Find out about Southwark Playhouse's film streams.
Wednesday 1 July, 6-8pm
“Getting the Most from Your Wormery is a 2 hour online workshop with our Head Gardener, Oli.
“This session is an opportunity to discover the often-untapped force of worms, and how a simple wormery will turn your discarded kitchen scraps into a 'liquid gold' of 'worm wee' – an effective organic plant feed.
“Workshops are free to all Southwark residents.”
Find out about Getting the Most from Your Wormery.
“In this week's activity sheet join Sofia Niazi to look closely at everyday objects and mash them together to create new inventions!
“We are looking forward to receiving your weird and wonderful drawings at projects@drawingroom.org.uk and we will include them on our ROCK PAPER SCISSORS online exhibition.”
Find out about this week's Rock Paper Scissors [PDF - 3.7MB].
“We hope that you have been enjoying our Virtual Dragon Café broadcast every Monday at 3pm.
“Another way you can enjoy our creative programme is on our Vimeo channel and throughout lockdown Ian Grant has brought his regular Café Chess session Good Moves online here.
“A treat for anyone with an interest in chess!”
Find out about Good Moves on Vimeo.
To suggest an online activity organised by a venue local to LCC for inclusion in this weekly Canvas feature, please email: Gill Henderson, Cultural and Communities Partnerships Manager: g.m.henderson@lcc.arts.ac.uk.
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